Criminal justice clients are a large portion of clients who are currently taking part in drug and alcohol treatment programs in Perkins, MI. and in the USA. Judges around the country are finding it more beneficial to treat people who have wound up in the court system for drug related crimes, instead of punishing them in vain with time in jail and other penalties. It has proven more helpful to tackle the issue of addiction directly, than to invoke such penalties. Most individuals who do not wind up in drug and alcohol rehab will typically wind back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, while criminal justice clients in drug rehabilitation often don't fall back into drug use and have a much better chance at remaining sober and out of the court system entirely.